Garment supporter



H. A. COLES.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1921.

1,404,094. Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

WITNESSES WSW ATTORNEY UNITED STATES TIENRY AYLETT COLES,

OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Application filed May 18,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY A. Come, a citizen of the United States, residin at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and tate of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Garment Supporter, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in supporters, and is more particularly directed to a resilient insert for an inelastic member forming a garment supporter whereby the same is converted into an elastic supporter capable of being extended and contracted within the limits of any two pointsalong the length of the inelastic member. Furthermore, the elastic insert is adjustable along and removable from the inelastic member. I

The garment supporter, which is provided with the adjustable elastic insert, eliminates the necessity of constructing the supporter of elastic material whereby an inelastic member may be used for the major construction of the supporter and supplied with the new and improved elastic and ad justable member to permit contraction and extension of the supporter.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the followingdetailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in the drawing, but. may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the v salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:-

Fig. 1 is an edge View of the belt with a portion of the belt contracted between the ends of the elastic member in one of its adjusted positions'along the belt.

Fig. 2 is an edge view in detail of the elasticmember applied to the contracted portion of the belt.

F g. 3 is a bottom plan view of the elastic member as applied to an inelastic member. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the belt and buckle along the line 44 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 1 designates a belt upon which is connected, at one of its ends, a

buckle 2 for adjustably securing the other Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 17, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 470,637.

end of the belt. On opposite sides of the contracted portion 3 of the belt are clamped two buckles 4 and 5.

Each buckle comprises a back 6 having the outwardly-extending ears 7 and 8, and portions 9 integrally formed with the ears 7 and 8 bent inwardly and downwardly arid perforated to provide journals for projections 10 of a clamping member or buckle 11, The clamping member or buckle 11 has a aw 12 which is adapted to grip the belt 1 and force it firmly against the back 6 of the buckle. .A bail 13 extends inwardly from the clamping member and is provided with a slot 14.

The two buckles are secured in position on the belt 1 by the bails 13 being depressed so that the jaws 12 will grip the belt and hold the buckles in an immovable position; the slotted bails being extended towards each other. Through the slots 14 of the balls 13 is passed an endless elastic member 15 which is adapted to maintain the clamping members in gripping relation with the belt. Furthermore, it provides an elastic member by which the belt may be continued or extended by reason of the position upon opposite sides of the contracted portion 3 of the belt.

While the'elastic member is illustrated as adjustably mounted on a belt, it is not limited to this use but may be applied to any form of garment supporter wherein the supporter must be capable of contraction or expansion for the comfort of the wearer. One elastic member is shown applied to the belt-but more than one may be adjustably mounted on the same supporter where it is necessary to accomplish certain results.

The elastic member 15 is extended until limited by that portion of the belt or garment supporter which has been contracted between the two buckles.

The angular relation between the bails 13 and the jaws 12 is such that the greater the pull exerted on the bails 13 by the elastic member 15 as it is extended, the more firmly the jaws 12 will grip the belt to fasten the buckles in place on the belt. The elastic member may be endless, as shown, or formed of a single length.

By the term wish to be understood as limiting the application of the invention to the support of a garment supporter I do not garment, as it is obvious that there are many uses to which the invention may be put Which would not, strictly speaking, be classed under this name.

What is claimed is 1- 1. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member, and an elastic member haying its ends adjustable along the inelastlc member.

2. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member', and an elastic member adelastic member, and an elastic member havjustable along the length of the inelastic member and having its ends removably mounted on the inelastic member.

- i 3; A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member, and an elastic member adjustable along the length of the inelastic member, and means connected to the ends of the elastic member and adapted to grip the inelastic member at spaced points on said member.

4-. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member, and an elastic member, adjustable means spaced from each other and slidable on said inelastic member and connected by said elastic member.

5. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member, and an endless elastic member, a pair of slidably mounted clamping means spaced from each other on the inelastic member, the elastic member being connected with the clamping means and adapted to hold said clamping means in clamping position on the inelastic member.

6. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member, and an elastic member pro vided with buckles at its opposite ends, said buckles being adapted to be clamped at spaced points along the inelastic member, a portion of the inelastic member being contracted between the buckles and held in contracted position by the elastic member.

7. A garment supporter comprising an ining its ends adjustably secured at spaced points on the inelastic member and movable toward and away from each other and adapted to hold between its ends the contracted portion of the inelastic member,- said contracted portion of the inelastic member being adapted to limit the expansion of the elastic member.

8. A garment supporter comprising an illelastic member, and an elastic member, and clamping members connecting the ends of the elastic members on opposite sides of a contracted portion of the inelastic member,

the elastic member being adapted When ex tended to cause the clamping members to more firmly grip the inelastic member.

"in testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

HENRY AYLETT COLES. 

